CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
26.2%
The WordPress plugin
# Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
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# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
CPE = "cpe:/a:instawp:string_locator";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.170185");
script_version("2023-01-18T10:11:02+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-01-18 10:11:02 +0000 (Wed, 18 Jan 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-10-04 14:04:48 +0000 (Tue, 04 Oct 2022)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-04-04 20:26:00 +0000 (Mon, 04 Apr 2022)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2022-0493");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("WordPress String Locator Plugin < 2.5.0 Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_wordpress_plugin_http_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("wordpress/plugin/string-locator/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The WordPress plugin 'String Locator' is prone to an arbitrary
file read vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The plugin does not properly validate the path of the files to be
searched, allowing high privilege users such as admin to query arbitrary files on the web server via
a path traversal vector. Furthermore, due to a flaw in the search, allowing a pattern to be
provided, which will be used to output the relevant matches from the matching file, all content of
the file can be disclosed.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WordPress String Locator plugin prior to version 2.5.0.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.5.0 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/21e2e5fc-03d2-4791-beef-07af6bf985ed");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if ( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) )
exit( 0 );
if ( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if ( version_is_less( version:version, test_version:"2.5.0" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"2.5.0", install_path:location );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
26.2%